The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-06-02
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Items of Interest From Both Sides
of the Divide.
Notes Clipped and Condensed From
Exchanges Published Within
the Territory.

the Territory.
Billings is shipping building stone to
Helena.
! Warm Spring creek, Lost creek and
the Deer Lodge river are running very
high.
| L. A. Osborne, the cowboy poet is tenn
porarily in charge of the Townsend Tran
chant.
II. E. Lawrence has sold out the Rising
Sun on account of i'll health and will 20
to California.
Nile. Rhea has invested in quartz
prospect in Butte, called the Polly and
lying north of the Elm Orlu.
! Counsellor Clough has resigned the at
torneyship of the Northern Pacific, to
take service with the Manitoba.
A contract has been let for one hum
dred and fifty thousand ties, to be used in
building the Bitter Root Railroad.
A call has been issued for a meeting of
the Judith Wool Growers Association to
be held at Lewiston, June 4th, 1887.
The Monthly Herald is the name of
new paper just started in Helena, de-
voted to the interests of the Young Mems
Christian Association.
The appraisers of the Montana Gen.
tral right of way through north Helena
fix the aggregate damage to the various
property owners at $21, 1,O98.20.
Husbandman: Housen and Andrew
Cooper have sold their entire Musselshell
herd of cattle to the Northwestern Cattle
company, at $28 per head, to include cat
tie of all ages found on the roundup.
The miners of Cooke City, the Living
ston Enterprise and the Bozeman Chron-
lcle are having a three-cornered jawing
match over the antagonism of the miners
towards the Rocky Forks railroad COM
rcry.
L. A. Van Horne and Harris Doble
have discovered an immense ledge of
marble OF superior quality near Gardiner,
on the Yellowstone river. They are de-
veloping the find and think they have an
immense thing.
Husbandman: Messrs. True & Sweet,
large cattle owners of the Judith, will not
commence their cattle roundup until
August LIST, when the calf and beef round
up will be blended into one and will last
probably until Dec. LIST.
Two fine stations were sold in Benton
within the last few days which were i'm
ported from Canada by MI. Ed. Henry;
one bay English shire horse to Ed. Kel-
ly for $500, and the other, Norman, to
David Morrow for $60O.-River Press.
The branch railroad to the National |
Park from Livingston is to be furnished |
with new ties. The trains this season |
will run from Livingston to Cinnabar in
the morning and return in the evening,
making connection with the east and west |
bound trains.
WA. Dewar, once the owner of Helena
real estate, has been missing for several
years, and his property being sold for
taxes was bought by his old-time part
ner, Joseph Davis, for mere song. Now
his heirs are applying to the probate
court to have the property redeemed.
Sun River Sun: Notwithstanding all
our efforts to make the cattle losses from
the hard winter appear as light as posi-
BILE, it is an indisputable fact that almost
every bull on the range has perished, and
many more COWS and young cattle than
vas at first supposed; and the end is
not yet.
People having cattle on the ranges be-
tween O'Keeffe and Frenchtown are con-
yiderably alarmed over the report that
oand of sheep are to be turned loose on
;he hills. They propose to fight the COM
non enemy of the COW, and to prevent by
,very means the introduction Of sheep on
heir range.-Missoula Times.
Ex-Governor Potts has returned to
Helena, having been examined and placed
1nder treatment by Provost Pepper, Of
he University of Pennsylvania, at Phil